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NEW YORK - A massive winter storm hit the US Rockies and Plains on Friday then punched east, with snow set to assault a 1,609-kilometer corridor through the weekend, creating transportation "havoc" in the middle of the country. The system started as rain from Mexico and turned to snow as it met icy air. Up to 45 centimeters of snow were expected in the Sangre de Cristo mountains south of Denver, according to the National Weather Service. As the storm heads east, up to 41 cm of snow were likely in western Missouri and St. Louis. Areas to the east could get about 15 cm with ice developing in Kansas, and Arkansas, and up to 10 cm of snow in Washington, DC, before the system heads out to sea late on Sunday, AccuWeather said. "The storm is expected to create havoc over the central part of the country, then extend eastward into the Mid-Atlantic states," said Randy Adkins, an AccuWeather meteorologist. The FlightAware.com flight tracking website reported 1,431 flight cancellations on Friday … [Read more...] about News
Monster snowstorm to blanket more than half of United States

NEW YORK: A massive winter storm hit the US Rockies and Plains yesterday then punched east, with snow set to assault a 1,609km corridor through the weekend, creating transportation “havoc” in the middle of the country. The system started as rain from Mexico and turned to snow as it met icy air. Up to 45cm of snow were expected in the Sangre de Cristo mountains south of Denver, according to the National Weather Service. As the storm heads east, up to 41cm of snow were likely in western Missouri and St Louis. Areas to the east could get about 15cm with ice developing in Kansas, and Arkansas, and up to 10cm of snow in Washington, D.C., before the system heads out to sea late tomorrow, AccuWeather said. “The storm is expected to create havoc over the central part of the country, then extend eastward into the Mid-Atlantic states,” said Randy Adkins, an AccuWeather meteorologist. The FlightAware.com flight tracking website reported 1,431 flight cancellations yesterday … [Read more...] about Monster snowstorm to blanket more than half of United States